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Originally posted by mikester
I've worked for a number of cable companies over the last decade managing their broadband networks.
The internet provided over cable lines is basically provided on a frequency that would be considered a channel. Honest.
The little box you mention may be a filter to filter out the higher end programming. We used to do that back in the days before digital. Now with digital programming you have to have a set top box to get it (which is almost just like a cable modem itself). A cable ready TV still isn't able to get the digital programming without a set top box.
Cable internet operates under the same principles of cable TV except it's two way. Digital TV set top boxes are also two way which is one of the reasons that cable ready TVs still need one (Besides that cable ready TVs are analog). The set top box does some authentication with the cable provider when ever it is turned on and that provider can control it remotely.
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Got ya, so it's a two way communication even with TV. One could not buy a set-top-box and hook it up as the Cable Co. would say "WTF, this dude is wathching ESPN! on his internet line!" or something to that effect. Any idea why I got so many "bad reception channels" without a box but simply hooked up to a TV? Perhaps that filter?